A small puppy sits in the sun, casting a shadow that looks like Batman.

It’s not all about who you are, it’s also about how you show up!
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Virginia Woolf, more than a hundred years ago:

Speaking of Psittacosaurus, did you know it’s one of the most well researched non avian dinosaurs we know of?

We know it’s coloring, we know about its quills, and even its cloaca.

Yep. We have a preserved Psittacosaurus cloaca, specimen SMF R 4970 if you wanted to know.

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I’ve had the same editor since 1967. Many times he has said to me over the years or asked me, Why would you use a semicolon instead of a colon? And many times over the years I have said to him things like: I will never speak to you again. Forever. Goodbye. That is it. Thank you very much. And I leave. Then I read the piece and I think of his suggestions. I send him a telegram that says, OK, so you’re right. So what? Don’t ever mention this to me again. If you do, I will never speak to you again

Maya Angelou on the joys of being edited

A picture of a rather dilapidated copy of "The picture of Dorian Gray" There is visible water damage to the cover and the plastic cover is yellowing. Obviously, not evident from the picture but there is a truly foul musty smell emanating from it!

Last week, a gentleman returned this rather dilapidated copy of this famous book to us after 50 years. He had found it in his attic!
Presumably this means there is a pristine copy somewhere in our libraries....

It hurtz and humbling to say... No Lies Detected... 👇

"Look at the bride! Oh, she's such a clever girl!"

If your main concern about a video game is whether or not it’s “woke”, I’ve got news for you…

…you’re not a real gamer. You’re just a clown looking for a problem where there isn’t one. An excuse to be outraged over your hatred while hiding it behind a poorly disguised excuse.

Sigh.

It looks like we have another Nanotyrannus situation on our hands my nuggets.

Tarbosaurus, it was a Late Cretaceous tyrannosaurid that lived in Asia.

Well a new paper came out that analyzed fossils of other tyrannosaurs that lived in the area.

Specifically Raptorex and Asiatyrannus.

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"passport bros" are not at all new and they are not "frustrated with modern dating" they just want women who are completely subservient to them and have zero power in their own lives

"They were so lucky I was looking"

Ummm no. Stopping in time for a child running onto the street is not heroic/lucky, it is your goddamn obligation as a driver. Cost of entry. Kids are allowed to be unpredictable, you are not.

The majestic kakapo, a chubby ridiculous green-and-tan bird with a beak that looks useless and eyes offering windows into their sweet empty brains. photo New Zealand Department of Conservation

Critically endangered kakapos had a great season for berries...which means they got their fuck on. They laid over 200 eggs and 100 have already hatched! Chubby birds LIVE! www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...

The big G and Anguirus have been sneaking around under everyone's noses for ahes. But there have been whispers about that drunk kaiju from Colossal.

Just because Caitlyn Jenner is an objectively horrible person doesn’t mean it’s okay to deadname her. Please don’t.

#wildlife #WildlifeCrossings

More photos of wildlife crossings in comments. Great idea!

An image taken outside of a tree with pink blossoms. The blossoms have fallen off and are covering the road, sidewalk, bush, and the car with a broken bumper that is next to that tree

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Genuinely, I get the new elbow protectors, take them to class. Forget to put them on, crack.😊

#learnswordfighting #hema #londonlongswordacademy #community #longsword

Disney Friar Tuck vs the Sheriff

Drop your crime fighting Catholics:

The Pope being noticeably less Islmaphobic than many dem leaders is...a lot.

A reminder that transphobes are trash and a charm initiative after years of trash being trash is not particularly credible.

Truly remarkable how many people have told the Pope, in some way or another, to "shut up and dribble." Or corrected him on the Bible, despite their thin education on theology. Or told him to stay out of US affairs, despite him being a US citizen. The hubris is amazing.

So, it's okay for a cat to run away and hide under the bed when visitors come, but,
when I do it, it's "rude" and "antisocial."

A lot of cars sitting in traffic next to a beautiful concrete-protected bike lane

Day 14 - flying past standstill traffic in a concrete-protected bikeway will never get old. #30DaysofBiking

The U.S. doesn’t have an immigrant problem; it has a White Christian Nationalist problem, courtesy of the Heritage Foundation.

In case anyone is still confused

For the FIRST TIME EVER, renewables provided more electricity than natural gas in the U.S. for the entire month of March 👏🏼 👏🏼

In spite of relentless attacks and setbacks, clean energy is showing up and doing its thing. Imagine if we scaled it instead of derailing it.